Made byMarutaiFukuoka, Japan
Marutai Kumamoto Tonkotsu Ramen Packet Black Garlic Oil 186g
A packet of Japanese ramen you cook in a pan: thin straight noodles in a pork-bone (tonkotsu) soup, finished with a sachet of black garlic oil.
Regular price $5.99AUD
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Why we say this
Marutai has made stick ramen, dried noodles in thin bundles, since 1959, and this Kumamoto packet is bought and reviewed well beyond Kyushu, Japan's southern island: buyer reviews from 2016 to 2026 come from Tokyo, Shiga, Gifu and Kyoto.
Product information
About
A packet of Japanese ramen you cook in a pan: thin straight noodles in a pork-bone (tonkotsu) soup, finished with a sachet of black garlic oil. The oil is garlic fried black in lard and vegetable oil, then ground, and it is what ramen from Kumamoto, in Japan's south-west, is known for. It gives the soup a strong burnt-garlic flavour. Buy it if you like garlic and want an everyday ramen for two; if you want a thick, heavy pork-bone broth, this is the wrong packet.
On the pack: 熊本黒マー油 とんこつラーメン, with 熊本 (Kumamoto) large on the front. Mayu (マー油) is the Japanese name for the black oil.
What you're getting
- The black oil comes in its own sachet, one per serving, and goes in at the end. It is garlic oil, not sesame oil; the sesame on the allergen list is a little sesame oil in the soup.
- It smells strongly of garlic while it cooks, and the smell carries through the room. Not one to make in a shared office kitchen.
- The noodles are thin, straight and dried rather than fried. They cook in three minutes.
- Nothing comes on top. The egg, pork and greens in the picture are a serving idea; a boiled egg and sliced spring onion from any supermarket are the easy additions.
- Allergens: contains wheat, milk, crustacean (prawn), sesame and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
- Also on the label: the soup is made with pork extract, the black oil is made with lard, and it also contains chicken, gelatine and a seafood extract whose sources are not named. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.
Two servings in one packet: two bundles of noodles, each with its own soup and oil sachets, so you can cook one and keep the other. Marutai also makes a plant-based Kumamoto ramen in a 180 g packet; this is not that one.
Ingredients
Noodles (wheat flour (made in Japan), salt, vegetable protein); soup (pork extract, black garlic oil (mayu), salt, soy sauce powder, vegetable powder, powdered fat, sugars (glucose, sugar), hydrolysed protein, starch, roasted garlic, spices, yeast extract, seafood extract, sesame oil); seasoning (amino acids etc.), kansui (alkaline salts), gardenia colour, pH adjuster, caramel colour, flavouring, antioxidant (vitamin E), acidulant, spice extract. Contains wheat, milk, prawn, sesame, soy, chicken, pork and gelatine.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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- Wheat
- Milk
- Crustacean
- Sesame
- Soy
- Dietary notes
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The soup is made with pork extract, and the black oil is garlic cooked in lard. It also contains chicken and gelatine, which Australia does not require to be declared as allergens, and a seafood extract whose sources are not named. It is not vegetarian, halal or kosher.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Details
- Maker
- Marutai · Fukuoka
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One packet — 186 g, of which 146 g is noodles: two noodle bundles, two soup sachets, two black garlic oil sachets
Our guide
How to eat it
- For each serving, bring 500 mL of water to the boil in a saucepan.
- Add one bundle of noodles and boil it for three minutes.
- Turn off the heat.
- Stir in one soup sachet and one black oil sachet.
- Tip it all into a bowl.
Good to know
- For a stronger soup, use about 50 mL less water per bundle; the full 500 mL makes a lighter one.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
What do the numbers mean?
Counts of how many reviews mentioned each thing, not a score. One review can mention several. Every quote is our translation, with the original Japanese beneath it.
- What they like
I think it's almost the same as the taste at a ramen shop.
お店の味とほぼ同じな気がします。
mentioned in 9 of 60 reviews we readfrom monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they grumble about
But if you make it at work, the garlic smell spreads quite a bit, so be careful.
ただ職場で作っていると、ニンニク臭が結構広がるので、要注意です。
from kakaku.com, a Japanese price comparison site
- What they like
The black garlic oil does a great job.
黒マー油がいい仕事してます。
mentioned in 6 of 60 reviews we readfrom monolog
- Good to know
A gentle pork-bone flavour. Not heavy.
優しい豚骨味。濃くはない。
from monolog
- What they like
It's a packet noodle, but it really tastes like Kumamoto ramen. Delicious.
袋麺だけど、熊本ラーメンらしさがとても出てて美味しいです。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
That said, the strong flavour of the black garlic oil may divide people.
ただ、マー油の濃い風味付けは好き嫌いが分かれるかもしれません。
from kakaku.com
- What they like
Thin, straight and slippery noodles.
細麺で真っすぐでツルツル。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
I think it could be just a little saltier.
もう少しだけ塩味が効いてても良いと思う
from monolog
- What they like
It's tasty enough even with nothing on top.
具なしでも充分美味しく食べられてしまう。
from monolog
- Good to know
For toppings, sliced pork and spring onion are a must.
トッピングはチャーシューとネギは必須です。
from monolog
- What they like
This is really tasty for how cheap it is.
これ安い割に凄く美味しい。
mentioned in 7 of 60 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they grumble about
Making it in a pot is a hassle, but it's delicious.
鍋で作るのはめんどくさいけど美味しい
from monolog
- What they like
First, the noodles don't go soft quickly.
まず麺が伸びにくいです。
from kakaku.com
- What they grumble about
But the salt and calories don't seem good for me, so I leave the soup.
でも、塩分とかカロリーとか体には悪そうでスープを残します。
from monolog
- What they like
And the soup has a huge garlic hit that keeps you coming back.
また、スープはニンニク感が半端なくクセになる美味しさです。
from yahoo
- What they grumble about
The noodles are dried, so they were only so-so, but the flavour is good.
乾麺だから麺はいまいちだったけど味は美味しい
from monolog
- Good to know
I use less water to make it stronger.
水少なめにして濃いめに調整。
from kakaku.com
- What they like
The kids love it too, and eat it with lots of spring onion.
子供も大好きで、ネギをいっぱい入れて食べて います。
from monolog
- What they like
The pork-bone base isn't heavy. It's light, the soup is thin, and it goes down easily.
ベースとなっている豚骨ラーメンがしつこくなく、あっさりしていて、スープもサラサラでスルスルと食べやすい。
from kakaku.com
- What they grumble about
I found it very tasty, but it has a strong character.
自分は大変美味しく感じましたが、癖があるので。
from yahoo
Real quotes from the review sites named on the cards. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Marutai
- Fukuoka
Marutai, a Fukuoka company on Kyushu, Japan's southern island, has made stick ramen since 1959: straight noodles dried in long, thin bundles, one serving to a bundle.
This packet belongs to its range of regional ramens, each named after a place in Japan; Kumamoto's signature is the black garlic oil.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: marutai.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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